Coroner's Inquest

• N.B. expert calls for vetting of anonymous police tips following Michel Vienneau inquest

  A coroner's inquest jury has made five recommendations following the death of Michel Vienneau. He was shot by police in Bathurst, N.B. after a false Crime Stoppers tip in 2015.

  Canada

  May 7
• Coroner’s jury in New Brunswick seeks better rules for use of unmarked police cars

  A coroner's jury issued its recommendations today following an investigation into the police-involved killing of Michel Vienneau in 2015.

  Canada

  May 6
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• Inquest into RCMP shooting death of Hudson Brooks recommends improved police training

  Hudson Brooks died outside the Surrey RCMP detachment on 152 Street in July, 2015, after being shot nine times during a chaotic confrontation with officers.

  Crime

  Mar 4
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• Security video, 911 call released in inquest into death of B.C. man shot by RCMP

  Twenty-year-old Hudson Brooks was fatally shot outside the Surrey RCMP detachment on 152 Street in July 2015.

  Crime

  Mar 3
• RCMP officer who shot and killed 20-year-old Hudson Brooks speaks at coroner’s inquest

  Day two of the BC Coroners Service inquest saw Const. Elizabeth Cucheran give her testimony into the night she shot and killed 20-year-old Hudson Brooks in South Surrey.

  Crime

  Mar 2
• Family of teen who died at Brantford school for the blind marks 3rd anniversary of his death

  The family of a teen who died at a school for the blind in Brantford in February 2018 is urging the province to get a coroner's inquest into his death underway as soon as possible.

  Feb 9
• Family of New Brunswick man shot dead by police hopes inquest can answer questions

  Rodney Levi was shot dead by the RCMP on June 12, 2020, in Sunny Corner, N.B., after police responded to a complaint about a disturbance in a home.

  Politics

  Jan 28
• Coroner’s inquest in death of Michel Vienneau scheduled for April

  A jury will have the opportunity to make recommendations aimed at preventing deaths under similar circumstances in the future.

  Canada

  Jan 15
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• Inquest begins into 2018 death of Quebec City toddler stabbed to death

  In March, the girl's mother Audrey Gagnon, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison without parole for 14 years.

  Crime

  Dec 7, 2020
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• Coroner’s inquest ordered into boy’s death at Ottawa’s Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario

  A nine-year-old boy died at CHEO following at off-road vehicle crash in September 2017 near Trenton.

  Canada

  Oct 26, 2020